What do you get when you cross the best pushcart driver (whatever the fuck that is) in Jamaica, three Olympic caliber sprinters, and John Candy? Only the greatest Cinderella story in the history of the Olympics (sorry Mike Eruzione). In light of the Winter Olympics, the Athletes of the Day are Sanka Coffie, Junior Bevil, Yul Brenner, and Derice Bannock. Yeah the dudes from Cool Runnings. It's an incredible story. To start with 0 experience, training with a pushcart (again whatever that is), having no money, getting shit talked to them by that Swiss faggot, and having a fucking clunker of a sled, to winning the greatest moral victory in the history of sports is just remarkable. I mean you're watching these guys try to make money by singing a song, arm wrestling, and kissing chicks, and you're just like psh no fuckin way are they getting out of Jamaica. Then Junior sells his Jag and the tables turn. Bobsledding would never be the same. The Jamaican bobsled team has actually had some success internationally beating the United States of America, Russia, and France in the '94 Olympics. They haven't been back since then, go figure, but they made there mark in history.
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